You may have come across his name this month. Bernie Marcus has been in the news because the company he co-created, Home Depot, was being threatened with boycotts after he told a journalist he supports President Donald Trump and his campaign for re-election.
That interview with a reporter in Atlanta quickly turned into headline fodder after radical progressive activists began pushing the hashtag #BoycottHomeDepot. "If you plan on buying a hammer, wood, or ANY home improvement items from Home Depot," one Twitter user warned on July 8, "you may as well send donations DIRECTLY to Trump's 2020 campaign."
